Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-03-04


Professor ". Nattieu williams main
ain that the tidal waves. rushes Of the
ca. and other phenomena Of the kind
observable in connection with earth
Iuakes. are not affections Of the sea, but
e the land
Professor Thurston says when a drop
IF oil is placed upon the surface of water
t first rapidly spreads in all directions.
orming film Of exceeding tenuity, and
fleeing the waves a II sheet or carpet
# thin, flexible. elastic, and yet tenacious
ubstance, like rubber, had been spread
,ver the waves.
The healing-springs Of Bosnia and
1erzegovina seemed destined to occupy
prominent place among the health re-
orts of the world. Professor Ludwig.
II Vienna, ia the course Of az official
Quincy recently, discovered over fifty
medicinal springs. The best are those at
3anjaiuka Serajewo, and Iolnja Tuzla.
The investigations Of Haberlandt show
hat the poisoning BY nettles and allied
plants IS not due to the presence in the
needless Of for. mic acid, as has here
;ofore been supposed, bnt to the pres
.nce of an unorganized ferment. The
substance is albuminous, and, when
.oagulated. losing its power Of produc-
ng irritation.
It is said that the more rapid de-
:erioration Of much OF the iron of late
make arises from the fact that it con-
aims more Impurities than formerly.
The common iron of to-day is filed
with Stag, and looks coarse and fibrous
when rusted OF worn. Fifty years ago
! the iron made in the United States WIS
largely charcoal iron, and was much
purer and better than the same grades
made at the present day.
The method OF vultures IN finding
,arrion is seen by their habits Of distrib-
ntiug themselves like sentinels over wide
tracts Of country Their keen eyes, rs
they circle over miles of territory, scan
every object, telegraphingt to the adjcin-
ing sentinel, many miles away, the dis
10 cry Of prey. In this way, during the
Crimean war, it is said that the vultures
Of Northern Africa fo.ked in scores
around the rontending amies, coming
from thousands of miles.
Mr.. J.. Mcneil, Of Indiana University,
Il meuIl0nS u lOl&-H0knGu UCCblG WAAAtAt
lived no less than nineteen years, and
probably more than twenty, in an ash
door sill. Two similar cases Of remark
able longevity in beetles are recorded by
Packard. A specimen Of the common
pine-borer lived more than fifteen years
in pine bureau; and three beetles came
! from an apple tree table, the first after 3
residence therein Of twenty years and the
| last of twenty-eight years.
The contagiousness of lcprosy, says
Science, has for . long time been Q mooted
/ question. The Royal College Of Physi-
clans, in order to obtain the best informa-
! ton on this subject, sent inquiries tc
physicians throughout the world, whose
! practice had brought them in contact
with the disease, and whose opinions
would therefore be Of value, Thirteen
Of these have no doubt Of its contagious
ness, and thirty four entertain no doubt
Of its Acknowledgements. Twelve re
garded leprosy and syphilis as being in
timately related; twenty one believed
there was nc relation. Most Of those x
! whom the inquiries were sent regard lep
rosy as hereditary. and also that it ma!
originate spontaneously under suitable
conditions.
Homing Pigeons.